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INITED STATES CHRISTIAN ULRICH,- OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA.

GRAIN-ELEVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,417, dated August9, 1881.

Application filed April 20, 1881. (No model.) Patented'in Austria July28, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN ULRIOH,18- siding at Vienna, in the Empireof Austria, and a subject of the Emperor of Austria, have inventedImprovements in Grain-Elevators, (for which I have received AustrianPatent No. 8,171, for fifteen years from July 28, 1880,) of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has for its object to improve the arrangement ofelevators for taking grain and the like from boats or cars intostore-rooms, and back from the latter into cars or boats, and weighingit during the act of delivery to the store-rooms or to the cars orboats.

As elevators are at present arranged they carry the grain to bins thatare contained at a great height under the roof of the building, thegrain passing through weighing-scales on its way up. In order todischarge the grain from the upper bins it is first lowered into thecellar, then again elevated to the roof, so that it may be weighedagain, and is thereupon discharged into the cars or boats throughsuitable chutes. It is therefore as expensive to discharge and weigh asit is to receive and weigh the grain in the ordinary elevators.

Grain-elevators are a species of magazine or store-room. Whosoever usesthem should have full opportunity to satisfy himself thatthe grainweighed for the discharge into cars or boats is correctly weighed, and,furthermore, that all the grain so weighed is virtually discharged intothe cars or boats; but as at present con-- structed the purchaser is notable, by watching theweighing process, to know that he receives all thegrain weighed for the discharge; nor is he able, if he watches thedelivery into his boats or cars, to know that such grain has beencorrectly weighed. I

Another objectionable feature of ordinary elevators is that they cannotbe used to simulta neously receive and discharge grain.

It is the object of this invention to overcome the above-mentioneddefects.

In the accompanying drawings, Figs. 1, 2, and 3 represent sectionalelevations of buildings which are provided with my improved elevator,illustrating the latter in modified forms. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sideview of that portion of the elevator that connects directly with a boatwhich is to be unloaded. Fig. 5

Fig. 6 is a side view according to the different structures in which Ithey are to be used; but I believe that the arrangement shown in Fig. 2will be more uniformly acceptable. In all the figures the arrows drawnin full represent the course of the grain as it enters the elevator tobe stored. The dotted arrows show the course of the grain that leavesthe upper bins to be discharged into boats or cars.

The'arrangement shown in Fig. 1 is preferable for elevators erected nearthe sea-shore or on the banks of rivers having ground-water.

The arrangement shown in Fig. 2 is useful in all cases where theelevator is erectedon dry ground, and where the weighing apparatus belowground is not liable to be flooded.

The arrangement shown in Fig.3 is particularly calculated for the use ofelevators put up on sloping ground.

In Fig. 1, the letter A represents railwaycars or analogous conveyancescalculated to carry the grain to and receive it from the elevator. Thesecars, if they arrive full of grain,

discharge it into the lower hopper, B, whence a bucket-carrying belt, 0,which is drivenby suitable machinery, lifts the grain and carries it tothe scales D. These are ordinary Fairbanks or other scales usuallyemployed in such cases. The scales are preferably ranged in pairs, sothat when one is loaded to a certain degree it will be self-discharging,leaving theother scale or scale-pan to receive the grain that follows.The grain having thus been weighed is from the scales D, by chutes,(indicated by dotted lines,) conveyed to the long belt E, which also haslifting-buckets, and

raises the grain into the upper floor, F, whence scales is accessible tothe public, so that the parties interested may supervise the weighing ofthe grain in loading as well as in unloading.

The arrangement which is shown in Fig. 2 does away with the short belt0, but has instead an additional pair of scales, H, which is in thelower floor. The grain from the cars A is thrown directlyinto thelowerscales,H,and weighed. From these scales it is, by the long elevator E,carried to the top floor, F, and distributed among the bins Gr. Whengrain is to be conveyed from the bins G to cars or boats the bottoms ofthe bins are opened and their contents discharged into the upper scales,D, where the grain is weighed. From the scales D the grain flows eitherdirectly to the cars through chutes m or to the belts n, as hereinabovestated.

Inasmuch as the discharge of grain from the bins G and the weighingthereof are entirely automatic and solely effected by gravity, theexpense of such discharge and of the loading of vessels or cars is asnothing compared with the very expensive ordinary process of reliftingthe grain to the roof after weighing it for the discharge and beforedischarging it into the cars or boats. The arrangement, moreover, is ofsuch a character that loading and unloading of grain can proceedsimultaneously.

The cars A on one of the tracks (shown in Fig. 2) can discharge graininto the scales H, and at the same time the cars A on the other track(shown in Fig.2) can be loaded from the scales D.

It is evident that wherever cars are mentioned in this descriptionboats, wagons, or other "ehicles are included in the term as equivalentfor the purposes of this specification. In fact, the arrangement shownin Fig. 2 is equally well adapted to all kinds of transports, be theyrailroads, ships, or wagons. Either can be used to discharge grain orother substance into and receive it from the elevator. The grain can beconvenientlytaken from cars, ships, or wagons, and discharged intoships, wagons, or cars; but whenever it enters the elevator and wheneverit leaves the same it is first automatically weighed. The scales arealways open to the public.

The discharging capacity of this elevator is double that of any elevatornow in existence.

Suitable ventilators may be provided for the purpose of drying the grainor keeping it dry.

Only one belt, E, is shown in Fig. 2; but in a full-sized elevator manysuch belts will be used. Their upper parts should be in proximity tobelts to admit of the convenient distribution of the grain on the upperfloor, F.

For loading ships the belts at discharge into hoppers 0, (shown in Fig.4), whence suitable conduits 12 lead into the ships.

In Figs. 4, 5, and 6 is shown an attachment for unloading ships. Thisattachment is an elevator-belt, I, suspended from a movable frame, J.

For unloading canal-boats and river-boats it may be advisable to dipseveral belts into the holds of such vessels, especially when the latterare subdivided into compartments, and when unloading at one point onlywould be liable to injure the vessel or make it keel over. To this endthe movability of the frame J is quite desirable.

The elevator leg and belt I is suspended from the longer arm of abalanced beam, at, which hangs in the frame J. The elevator leg and beltIis thoroughly balanced on the beam a, so that persons on board the shipb can readily move it to the necessary depth into the vessels hold. Ifnot in use, the elevator leg and belt I can be conveniently folded up,as in Fig. 6. A swivel-brace, 0, will hold the elevator-leg I in anydesired inclined position. The mouth (I of the elevator-leg I isconnected by universal joint with a pipe, the object of which is toconduct the grain into the inletopening of the elevator-belt c, theframe of which is erected on the river-bank. In order to enable theproper inclination of thispipe, even at low-water, it is essential thatthe frame of the belt 6 should be erected as near to the edge of thewater as possible. The inner arm of the beam a is, to this end, shorterthan the outer arm. The elevator-belt e, which may have the capacity oftwo or more of the belts I, lifts the grain into hoppers s, Fig. 2, ordirectly into the scales H.

The scales D all discharge into a funnel from which the pipes m project,as shown in Fig. 2. These pipes conduct the grain either into the carsA, or, if desired, into an elevator-belt, by means of which the graincan be conveyed to suitable store-rooms or store-houses.

In case the elevator-buildin g is erected close to the water theintermediate elevator-belts, I and 0, may be dispensed with, as thegrain may be discharged directly from the vessel into the funnels 8.

With reference to the elevating devices shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, itmay be Well to add that the beam at is balanced by a weight placed onits short arm. (See Fig. 5.) The driving-shaft fof the belt I hangs inthe long arm of this beam and carries a pulley, g. The pivot i of thebeam at carries chain-wheels h, which can be turned by windlasses nearthe foot of the frame J.

The construction shown in Fig. 3 is, as has already been said,particularly intended for structures placed on sloping ground,preferably near a railroad passing near the upper part of the building.In such case the grain received at the top could be dropped to thereceiving-cars A from the bins G through the scales D; but grainreceived at the bottom would be lifted by the belt E into the scales H,which, in this case, are at the top of the building, and thence taken tothe upper railway or stored in the bins. Grain received from the upperrailway would be passed into the scales H, and thence deposited into thebins G.

I claim- 1. In a grain-elevator, the arrangement and.

combination of the receiving-hopper s, leading to the scales H, in whichthe grain is weighed without manipulation before it is elevated withsaid scales H and with the lifting-belt E, tak- 5 ing the grain from thescales H, with bins G,

and with the discharging-scales D, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, to permit the simultaneous loading and unloading of the grainand the weighing of the grain as I0 it enters and leaves the building,as specified. 2. In combination with a grain elevator which isconstructed substantially as stated, the traveling frame J, balancedbeam a, swinging elevator-belt I, and elevator-belt 6, substantially asherein shown and described. 15

In witness whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHRISTIAN ULRICH. Witnesses:

T. BARTA, EDWD. 0. DE BUTI.

